Table 33 Global renewable energy employment for the corresponding technologies in 2012–2017 [79]

Solar photovoltaic

1.36

2.27

2.5

2.77

3.09

3.37

Bioenergy (biofuel, solid biomass, biogas)

2.4

2.5

2.99

2.88

2.74

3.06

Wind energy

0.75

0.83

1.03

1.08

1.16

1.15

Solar heating/Cooling

0.89

0.5

0.76

0.94

0.83

0.81

Others (Geothermal, SHP, CSP, heat pumps, WTE, Ocean)

0.33

0.38

0.4

0.4

0.45

0.45

Total (Million)

5.73

6.48

7.68

8.07

8.27

8.84